Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com

About Me:

I write about business for The Republican and have been here since March of 2008. Before coming to The Republican, I was a reporter for The Saratogian in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
I grew up in Belvidere, N.J., and I have a degree in journalism from Penn State. I live in Westfield.
You can reach me at jkinney@repub.com.

Tritonrider: The article does include the possibility of university discipline. That would include expulsion. It's hard to talk about jail time until you know what crime is charged.
Police have a hard time making arrests in these cases. It's too chaotic. Buy the time the police get there it's all over. Cops come, crowd scatters.

The factual inaccuracy of the reporting on Joe Paterno is what galls me. There is no evidence that the assistant coach described the incident to him in graphic detail. The assistant coach in question, when cross examined at the prelim, didn't say he saw a rape. Go back and read the transcript.
This whole notion that Joe must have known about Sandusky prior to 2002. There is no evidence of that, none.
Yet people keep making the assertion that "He must have known"
that's the type of media irresponsibility that drives me nuts.

Whoa, a little tough on Anonymous here, aren't we folks. He got a bum steer from the clerk. The company took care of it and threw in a gesture of goodwill. UI think Staples ends up looking pretty good here.
The product labeling was confusing to boot. So it's not my good friend Anonymous' fault he bought the wrong one.

Ok: I'm going to give your the benefit of the doubt and assume this is an honest question. A stay-at-home mom would not be considered unemployed because that person is not actively looking for a job. Neither would a retired person count as unemployed, or someone who is too ill to work for some reason.

Likeiseeit: Yours is a good question and deserves a straight answer. So here it goes. Unemployment numbers are culled from a phone survey. People are asked if they are working and if not, are they looking for employment. anyone who is either working or looking for work is considered part of the labor force. It's got nothing to do with the unemployment insurance, although those statistics are used to double-check the unemployment numbers.

I've been impressed with the number of high-school seniors who stuck by their commitments and are likely to sign letters of intent next month. They are also picking up new commitments. You always loose some recruits when you change head coaches, no matter what the circumstances.